Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives
icc-banner

ICC Rd 7 Mt Cotton Hillclimb

Words by Shane Murphy, Pics by Shane and Jen Murphy.

The intensity of the competition program resulted in the CAMS Club Challenge and Round 7 of the 2018 Interclub Challenge being combined into one action-packed event, or so it seemed.

Eleven teams chipped in to be part of the show with a field of fifty cars entered all ready to rumble, oh, and of course, hopefully share in the spoils.

The aptly named Lotus Club 1 consisted of Phil Hart (Elise), Jon Young (Seven), Captain Dick Reynolds (Seven) and Shane Murphy (Seven).

To the amazement of the whole team except Phil, we blew 0.000 on the breathalyser, our only physical impairment at the outset was Phil’s back which he pulled earlier in the week, lifting groceries out of the GT3.

The rules around scoring points generally revolve around teams competing against the track record for the class of competition, so we were a little behind the eight ball, but you have to be in it to win it, correct!

Daryl and his sidekick Mal made up the support crew, Jen Murphy performed tyre scrubbing, biscuit supply and general time scoring and video duties.

The registration (paperwork) process was very efficient and with scrutineering completed and CAMS regalia applied we were ready to race. Six runs were planned but Pauline Graham figured that if we did not stop for lunch we could squeeze in at least two extra runs, bringing the promise of eight runs, which seemed entirely logical.

Early times proved inconclusive as the track was slippery and cold. However as the day progressed our times improved to the point that we began to get a sniff of the points in the ICC point score.

Phil had an early day when his Elise started spewing oil of unidentified origin. He must have blown a seal in the rear end (did someone mention a mechanic and a penguin), so a trip home courtesy of Daryl and Mal to collect a trailer proved a nuisance. However Phil had done his work and had set a smooth and impressive time earlier in the day so we were good from the scoreboard perspective.

No officials yelled at Dick and I clipped the armco after the finish line on the way to setting a personal best. The world was at peace.

The usual to-ing and fro-ing with tyre pressures yielded some success with an overall team performance right up at the pointy end.

To get the day into context we need to compare the personal best times for the team with the day’s performance.

  PB 29/09/18 Delta Class Record  
Dick 48.30 49.32 +2.1% 43.33 (114%)
Jon 50.52 50.26 -1% 43.33 (116%)
Phil 48.78 48.78 0.0 43.87 (111%)
Shane 50.67 49.98 -1.4% 44.18 (113%)

This was Phil’s first run at Mt Cotton in his Elise, so his early run was in fact his personal best.

As expected we did not bother the CAMS Challenge score board, however our gritty team performance did little to harm our Interclub point score.

The Yellow Terra’s (HSCCQ) won the day with an impressive 101.4 %. Lotus Club 1 rambled in at 113.5 %, credibly finishing 8th out of a field of 11. You will of course notice that Phil and I were under the final percentage.

The one last event is the HSCCQ Khanacross at Willowbank, an arena in which we do OK. See you there.

Phils Rubber To Close for Comfort The Crew The Crew 2 Telltale Start line Shane Start Line Phil Start Line Jon Start Line Dick Shanes Rubber Setting Up Breakfast Phil Oil Slick Not 68 Lotus Team 1 Kisses Jons Rubber Grid Guys Green machine Dicks Rubber Cracked Glass
[Show thumbnails]
Targa Great Barrier Reef Morning Run to JH Classic Restorations

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

gold-rush-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022

leyburn-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Leyburn 2022

Random images

5-Breakfast-at-Birches-2 _MG_4606 as Smart Object-1 Singer-Ext Shanes-Lotus7-1 Pits IMG_4897 13-All-eyes-left dick-reynolds An-interesting-way-to-settle-any-domestic-differences MG_6009 Garry MG_9512 MG_9481 MG_8961 IMG_6450 IMG_6247 113_1371_IMG 118_1810_IMG McL_20 IMG_4435 Weekend warriors 6 Cairns-15 ICC-Crowd-Scene Boy-toy-talk_gw 20180415_135209 Daryl Wilson 1998 Caterham Super 7 - 2 vb-Matt vb-Guard's Down Garage-3 IMG_0275 MaryAnne-Samantha-Scott_gw Mt-Cotton-Hillclimb-Sep17-09 A comfort stop along the way _MG_0552 as Smart Object-1 IMG-0161 IMG_0065 20161105_091901 Clive with Lachlan Ormiston-7 IMG_0925 P1050443 P1050421 P8310109 P1020779 IMG_3313 P5250044 P5250037 IMG_0363 IMG_0408 IMG_4904 nh01pb Jeremy_and_James_Self_portrait IMG_7385 122_2261_IMG Gathering-at-OReillys-4 Dick-is-one-relaxed-driver Derek-and-his-340R P1010440 P1050555 image_093 lot_030 IMG_6224 Excel_Henry_1 IMG_5028 119_1955_IMG IMG_7427 IMG_3720 04a 24_MG_2656 PICT7311 Pat_Clive_Wade Geoff_Maree_Cameron_Clive_Russell_Leigh P1060270 20090822_068 IMG_6975 IMAG5927 Looking-good-Drew-Dundas ballet in yellow IMG_1801 Loose Mirror tony-galletly's-eleven Bridie-getting-a-ride-with-Evan Shane Shane-Murpys-7 IMG_6149 Adam-and-a-trial-fit-by-Craig-Wilson photo-10 The 60 A bit of quiet time Gayle - My Hero Matt-following-Geoff_gw Phil - Lined Up off-to-school IMGP8290 Chris Byrnes outside the cafe _MG_9705 as Smart Object-1 scimitar main-55 main-110

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios